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May Day 2012 National Call To the Action!
NO to the NDAA!
In This Issue:
1) May Day 2012 Call To Action!
2) The NDAA's Historic Assault on American Liberty
3) ‘Trespass Bill’ will make protest illegal
4) ICE Detainee Death in CA
5) Immig detention is no hospitality suite
6)3/23 Newark, NJ :Conf on Immigrant Detainees
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May Day 2012
National Mobilization For Immigrant Workers Rights!
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Please send your May Day 2012 action report to
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We are calling A national day of multi-ethnic unity with youth, labor,
peace and justice communities in solidarity with immigrant workers and
building new immigrant rights & civil rights movement! Wear White T-Shirt;
organize local actions to support immigrant worker rights!
1. No to anti-immigrant legislation, police surveillance and the
criminalization of the immigrant communities.
2. No to militarization of the border.
3. No to the private prison, immigrant detention and deportation.
4. No to the guest worker program.
5. No to the NDAA.
6. Yes to a path to legalization without condition for undocumented
immigrants NOW.
7. Yes to speedy family reunification.
8. Yes to civil rights and humane immigration law.
9. Yes to labor rights and living wages for all workers.
10. Yes to the education and LGBTQ immigrant legislation.
We encourages everyone to actively linking our issues with different
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Korea with sweatshops exploitation in Asia as well as in Los Angeles, New
York; international arm sales and WTO, FTAA, NAFTA & CAFTA with AIDS, hunger,
child labors and child solider; as well as multinational corporations and
economic exploitation with racism and poverty at home—in order we can win
the struggle together at this May Day 2012!
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The NDAA's Historic Assault on American Liberty
By signing into law the NDAA, the president has awarded the military
extraordinary powers to detain US citizens without trial
Jonathan Turley - Monday, January 2, 2012
President Barack Obama rang in the New Year by signing the NDAA law with
its provision allowing him to indefinitely detain citizens. It was a
symbolic moment, to say the least. With Americans distracted with drinking and
celebrating, Obama signed one of the greatest rollbacks of civil liberties in
the history of our country ... and citizens partied in unwitting bliss into
the New Year.
Ironically, in addition to breaking his promise not to sign the law, Obama
broke his promise on signing statements and attached a statement that he
really does not want to detain citizens.
Obama insisted that he signed the bill simply to keep funding for the
troops. It was a continuation of the dishonest treatment of the issue by the
White House since the law first came to light. As discussed earlier, the
White House told citizens that the
president would not sign the NDAA because of the provision. That spin
ended after sponsor Senator Carl Levin (Democrat, Michigan) went to the floor
and disclosed that it was the White House and insisted that there be no
exception for citizens in the indefinite detention provision.
The latest claim is even more insulting. You do not "support our troops"
by denying the principles for which they are fighting. They are not fighting
to consolidate authoritarian powers in the president. The "American way of
life" is defined by our constitution and specifically the bill of rights.
Moreover, the insistence that you do not intend to use authoritarian powers
does not alter the fact that you just signed an authoritarian measure. It
is not the use but the right to use such powers that defines authoritarian
systems.
The almost complete failure of the mainstream media to cover this issue is
shocking. Many reporters have bought into the spin of the Obama
administration as they did the spin over torture by the Bush administration.
Even
today, reporters refuse to call waterboarding torture despite the long line of
cases and experts defining waterboarding as torture for decades.
On the NDAA, reporters continue to mouth the claim that this law only
codifies what is already the law. That is not true. The administration has
fought any challenges to indefinite detention to prevent a true court review.
Moreover, most experts agree that such indefinite detention of citizens
violates the constitution.
There are also those who continue the longstanding effort to excuse
Obama's horrific record on civil liberties by blaming either others or the
times.
One successful myth is that there is an exception for citizens. The White
House is saying that changes to the law made it unnecessary to veto the
legislation. That spin is ridiculous. The changes were the inclusion of
some meaningless rhetoric after key amendments protecting citizens were
defeated. The provision merely states that nothing in the provisions could be
construed to alter Americans' legal rights. Since the Senate clearly views
citizens as not just subject to indefinite detention but even to execution
without a trial, the change offers nothing but rhetoric to hide the harsh
reality.
The Obama administration and Democratic members are in full spin mode -
using language designed to obscure the authority given to the military. The
exemption for American citizens from the mandatory detention requirement
(section 1032) is the screening language for the next section, 1031, which
offers no exemption for American citizens from the authorisation to use the
military to indefinitely detain people without charge or trial.
Obama could have refused to sign the bill and the Congress would have
rushed to fund the troops. Instead, as confirmed by Senator Levin, the White
House conducted a misinformation campaign to secure this power while
portraying the president as some type of reluctant absolute ruler, or, as
Obama
maintains, a reluctant president with dictatorial powers.
Most Democratic members joined their Republican colleagues in voting for
this un-American measure. Some Montana citizens are moving to force the
removal of these members who, they insist, betrayed their oaths of office and
their constituents. Most citizens, however, are continuing to treat the
matter as a distraction from the holiday cheer.
For civil libertarians, the NDAA is our Mayan moment: 2012 is when the
nation embraced authoritarian powers with little more than a pause between
rounds of drinks.
* Jonathan Turley is a professor of law at George Washington University.
Please download our latest newsletter:
_http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Spring12.pdf_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Spring12.pdf)
Past NISN News Letters
_Winter 2011_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Winter11NewsAlert.html) | _Summer
2011_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Summer11NewsAlert.html) | _Fall
2011_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Fall11NewsAlert.html) | _November
2011_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Nov11NewsAlert.html) | _Spring 2011_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Spring12NewsAlert.html) |
_September - October 2009_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Sep-Oct09NewsAlert.html) | _Spring
2010_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Spring10NewsAlert.html) | _Fall
2010_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Fall10NewsAlert.html) |
_October-Novermber 10_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Oct-Nov10NewsAlert.html)
_May - June 2009_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/May-June09NewsAlert.html) | _March -
April 2009_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/March-April09NewsAlert.html) |
_January - February 2009_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Jan-Feb09NewsAlert.html) | _November
- December
2008_ (http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/News/Nov-Dec08NewsAlert.html)
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Useful Immigrant Resources on Detention and Deportation
Face Sheet: _Immigration Detention--Questions and Answers_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/detq&aflier.pdf) (Dec, 2008) by:
_http://www.thepoliticsofimmigration.org_
(http://www.thepoliticsofimmigration.org/)
Thanks for GREAT works from Detention Watch Network (DWN) to compiled the
following information, please visit DWN website:
_http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org_ (http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/)
_Tracking ICE's Enforcement Agenda_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/4.%20Tracking%20ICE%20Enforcement%20Agenda.doc)
_Real Deal fact sheet on detention_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/5.%20Real%20Deal%20fact%20sheet%20on%20detention.pdf)
_Real Deal fact sheet on border_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/6.%20Real%20Deal%20fact%20sheet%20on%20border.pdf)
- _From Raids to Deportation-A Community Resource Kit_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/39.%20From%20Raids%20to%20Deportation--A%20Com
munity%20Resource%20Kit.pdf)
- Know Your Rights in the Community (_English_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/40.%20Know%20your%20Rights%20in%20Community%20--%20Eng
lish.pdf) , _Spanish_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/41.%20Know%20Your%20Rights%20in%20Community%20--%20Spanish.pdf)
)
- _Know Your Rights in Detention_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/42.%20Know%20Your%20Rights%20in%20Detention.pdf)
- _Pre-Raid Community Safety Plan_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/43.%20Pre%20Raid%20Community%20Safety%20Plan.pdf)
- _Raids to Deportation Map_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/44.%20Raids%20to%20Deportation%20Map.pdf)
- _Raids to Deportation Policy Map_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Documents/DWN/45.%20Raids%20to%20Deportation%20Policy%20Map.pdf)
More on Immigration Resource Page
_http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/resource.htm_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/resource.htm)
Useful Handouts and Know Your Immigrant Rights When Marches
Immigrant Marches / Marchas de los Inmigrantes
(By ACLU)
EN ESPAÑOL
_Acerca de la Union Americana de Libertades Civiles_
(http://www.aclu.org/immigrants/espanol/index.html)
Immigrants and their supporters are participating in marches all over the
country to protest proposed national legislation and to seek justice for
immigrants. The materials available here provide important information about
the rights and risks involved for anyone who is planning to participate in
the ongoing marches.
If government agents question you, it is important to understand your
rights. You should be careful in the way you speak when approached by the
police, FBI, or INS. If you give answers, they can be used against you in a
criminal, immigration, or civil case.
The ACLU's publications below provide effective and useful guidance in
several languages for many situations. The brochures apprise you of your legal
rights, recommend how to preserve those rights, and provide guidance on
how to interact with officials.
IMMIGRATION
_Know Your Rights When Encountering Law Enforcement_
(http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/kyr_english.pdf)
| _Conozca Sus Derechos Frente A Los Agentes Del Orden Público_
(http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/immigration_kyr_spanish.pdf)
ACLU of Massachusetts - Your Rights And Responsibilities If You Are
Contacted By The Authorities _English_ (http://www.aclum.org/pdf/bustcard.pdf)
|
_Spanish_ (http://www.aclu-nj.org/downloads/BustcardSpanish.pdf) |
_Chinese_ (http://www.aclum.org/pdf/bustcard.pdf)
ACLU of Massachusetts - _What to do if stopped and questioned about your
immigration status on the street, the subway, or the bus_
(http://www.aclum.org/pdf/Operation%20Safe%20Commute.pdf)
| _Que hacer si Usted es interrogado en el tren o autobus acerca de su
estatus inmigratorio_
(http://www.aclum.org/pdf/Operation_Safe_Commute_SPANISH.pdf)
ACLU of South Carolina - _How To Deal With A 287(g)_
(http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/immigration_287g_english.pdf)
| _Como Lidiar Con Una 287(g)_ (http://www.aclu.org/p
dfs/immigrants/immigration_287g_spanish.pdf)
ACLU of Southern California - _What to Do If Immigration Agents or Police
Stop You While on Foot, in Your Car, or Come to Your Home_
(http://www.aclu-sc.org/attach/k/kyr_immigration_en.pdf)
| _Qué Hacer Si Agentes de Inmigración o la Policía lo Paran Mientras Va
Caminando, lo Detienen en su Auto o Vienen a su Hogar_
(http://www.aclu-sc.org/attach/k/kyr_immigration_sp.pdf)
ACLU of Washington - Brochure for Iraqis: What to Do If the FBI or Police
Contact You for Questioning _English_
(http://www.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=200) | _Arabic_
(http://aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=354)
ACLU of Washington - _Your Rights at Checkpoints at Ferry Terminals_
(http://www.aclu-wa.org/library_files/FerryCheckpointsEng%206-08.pdf)
| _Sus Derechos en Puestos de Control en las Terminales de
Transbordadores_
(http://www.aclu-wa.org/library_files/FerryCheckpointsSpan%206-08.pdf)
LABOR / FREE SPEECH
_Immigrant Protests - What Every Worker Should Know: _
(http://www.nilc.org/ce/nilc/protests_what_every_worker_should_know.pdf)
| _Manifestaciones de los Inmigrantes - Lo Que Todo Trabajador Debe Saber_
(http://www.nilc.org/ce/nilc/protests_what_every_worker_should_know_sp.pdf)
PROTESTERS
ACLU of Florida Brochure - _The Rights of Protesters_
(http://www.aclufl.org/PDFs/right_to_protest_brochure.pdf)
| _Los Derechos de los Manifestantes_
(http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/acluprotestbrochuresp1.pdf)
STUDENTS
Washington State - _Student Walkouts and Political Speech at School_
(http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/studentwalkouts20060503.pdf)
| _Huelgas Estudiantiles y Expresión Política en las Escuelas_
(http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/immigrants/studentwalkouts20060503_spanish.pdf)
_California Students: Public School Walk-outs and Free Speech_
(http://www.aclu-sc.org/attach/k/KYRCAStudentProtestsEnglish.pdf)
| _Estudiantes de California: Marchas o Huelgas y La Libertad de Expresión
en las Escuelas Públicas_
(http://www.aclu-sc.org/attach/k/KYRCAStudentProtestsSpanish.pdf)
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